{"id":409962,"date":"2026-01-15T02:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/409962\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T02:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:31:07","slug":"ps5-and-ps4s-most-downloaded-games-of-2025-revealed-including-a-call-of-duty-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/409962\/","title":{"rendered":"PS5 And PS4&#8217;s Most-Downloaded Games Of 2025 Revealed, Including A Call Of Duty Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-gallery__list-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4635453-battlefield6featured.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"display:inline;\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"color-50 vertical-spacing-top\">\n                  GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links.\n                <\/p>\n<p>The story of this year&#8217;s best-selling PlayStation titles on two continents was all about the sports. With the Call of Duty franchise having an off year with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/call-of-duty-black-ops-7\/\" data-ref-id=\"5000-681591\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black Ops 7<\/a>, sports titles took the top spots in PlayStation Store&#8217;s American\/Canadian and European PlayStation 5 downloads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/nba-2k26\/\" data-ref-id=\"5000-685486\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA 2K26<\/a> was No. 1 in America and Canada, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/ea-sports-fc-26\/\" data-ref-id=\"5000-686587\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EA Sports FC 26<\/a> claimed the top spot in Europe. It was previously clear that Black Ops 7 would have a hard time repeating Call of Duty: Black Ops 6&#8217;s chart-topping performance in 2024. But the latest Call of Duty installment fell to No. 7 in America\/Canada and Europe. By contrast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/battlefield-6\/\" data-ref-id=\"5000-687940\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Battlefield 6<\/a> performed very well in both territories, with a No. 2 finish in North America and a fifth place slot in Europe. Through the end of November 2025, Circana had Battlefield 6 as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/gallery\/2025-best-selling-games\/2900-6281\/\" data-ref-id=\"2900-6281\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the best-selling game of the year<\/a>. But this particular list is only for PlayStation Store downloads and it doesn&#8217;t count sales on other consoles or PC.<\/p>\n<p>The lists contained some returning favorites like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/minecraft\/\" data-ref-id=\"5000-73990\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minecraft<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/helldivers-2\/\" data-ref-id=\"5000-589428\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Helldivers 2<\/a>, but newcomers like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/arc-raiders\/\" data-ref-id=\"5000-546105\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arc Raiders<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/ghost-of-yotei\/\" data-ref-id=\"5000-645132\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ghost of Yotei<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/assassins-creed-shadows\/\" data-ref-id=\"5000-571922\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Assassin\u2019s Creed Shadows<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/clair-obscur-expedition-33\/\" data-ref-id=\"5000-631965\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/a> made the cut in North America as well.<\/p>\n<p>Among PlayStation 4 games, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/red-dead-redemption-2\/\" data-ref-id=\"5000-458780\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Dead Redemption 2<\/a> claimed No. 1 in both territories. Rockstar Games&#8217; 2018 open-world western has remained remarkably resilient, as has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/grand-theft-auto-v\/\" data-ref-id=\"5000-108839\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grand Theft Auto 5<\/a>, which placed highly on both the PS5 and PS4 lists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/beat-saber\/\" data-ref-id=\"5000-478404\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beat Saber<\/a> also claimed the top slots in America\/Canada and Europe&#8217;s PSVR 2 Games charts, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/gallery\/most-downloaded-playstation-network-games-in-2024\/2900-6158\/\" data-ref-id=\"2900-6158\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">repeated its wins from 2024<\/a>. Similarly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/fortnite\/\" data-ref-id=\"5000-125765\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fortnite<\/a> was also a back-to-back winner for free-to-play games in both territories.<\/p>\n<p>The complete list of 2025&#8217;s top games on PlayStation Store can be found below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-409962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}